Near-space free-floating balloons a candidate for quick deployment
If upcoming U.S. Air Force experiments are successful, free-floating "near space" surveillance balloons could be deployed to the field by late next year, according to Maj. Robert Blackington of the Air Force Space Battlelab. Blackington is the program manager for the Near Space Maneuvering Vehicle...
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